sue
US: /ˈsu/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sue /sju:/- ngoại động từ
- kiện
- to sue to somebody for damages: kiện ai đòi bồi thường
- kiện
- nội động từ
- đi kiện, kiện
- yêu cầu, thỉnh cầu, khẩn khoản
- to sue to someone for something: yêu cầu người nào một việc gì
- to sue for a woman's hand: cầu hôn
- to sue out
- (pháp lý) xin và được ân xá
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb1 ~ (sb) (for sth) to make a claim against sb in a court of law about sth that they have said or done to harm you: [VN] to sue sb for breach of contract + to sue sb for damages / $10 million (= in order to get money from sb) + [V] They threatened to sue if the work was not completed.
2 [V] ~ for sth (formal) to formally ask for sth, especially in a court of law: to sue for divorce + The rebels were forced to sue for peace.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 proceed or move or act (against), take (legal) action or bring suit or prefer charges (against); summon(s), charge, accuse:
He threatened to sue. They are suing him for the injuries they sustained.
2 petition, beg, plead, entreat, pray, request, solicit, apply, beseech, implore, supplicate:
After five years of constant warfare, the country is suing for peace.
Collocation
ADV.
successfully | unsuccessfully
VERB + SUE
be able to, be entitled to, have the right to | threaten to
PREP.
for
He threatened to sue the company for negligence.
| over
The water authority was successfully sued over his illness.
Concise dictionary
sues|sued|suingsuːnoun
+French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
verb
+institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
